Table 1.
PSS scale | No. of items | Entire sample | Sex | Age group | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | <12 | 12–14 | ≥15 | |||
Cronbach alpha | |||||||
PSS scale | 16 | .88 | .89 | .87 | .86 | .88 | .89 |
Family | 4 | .73 | .74 | .71 | .70 | .74 | .72 |
Friends | 4 | .71 | .71 | .71 | .64 | .70 | .75 |
Teacher | 4 | .74 | .74 | .75 | .70 | .74 | .79 |
Other | 4 | .71 | .69 | .72 | .68 | .71 | .67 |
Mean (SD) | |||||||
PSS scale | 16 | 3.07 (.86) | 2.99 (.88) | 3.16 (.84)**** | 2.92 (.85) | 3.02 (.89) | 3.31 (.78)**** |
Family | 4 | 3.23 (1.04) | 3.17 (1.08) | 3.30 (1.00)* | 3.12 (1.07) | 3.15 (1.05) | 3.51 (.94)**** |
Friends | 4 | 2.98 (1.02) | 2.89 (1.02) | 3.08 (1.00)**** | 2.82 (.99) | 2.91 (1.03) | 3.28 (.94) |
Teacher | 4 | 2.91 (1.07) | 2.87 (1.07) | 2.96 (1.06) | 2.90 (1.05) | 2.90 (1.09) | 2.93 (1.03) |
Other | 4 | 3.16 (1.08) | 3.04 (1.07) | 3.29 (1.06)**** | 2.89 (1.05) | 3.12 (1.10) | 3.51 (.95)**** |
P < .05;
P < .0001